Background Stillbirth, defined as death of a fetus in utero after 20 weeks of gestation, occurs
in 1 to 2% of pregnancies in the United States. Many of these stillborn infants have …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the risk of stillbirth (fetal death at 20 weeks of gestation or more)
associated with specific birth defects. METHODS: We identified a population-based …

Background Many different causes of malformations have been established. The
surveillance of a consecutive population of births, including stillbirths and elective …

Objective Approximately 10% of stillbirths are attributed to fetal anomalies, but anomalies
are also common in live births. We aimed to assess the relationship between anomalies, by …

The objective of our study was to evaluate the incidence and effect of maternal age on the
risk of stillbirth. We conducted a population-based cohort study using the Centers for …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the risk of stillbirth among pregnancies complicated by a major
isolated congenital anomaly detected by antenatal ultrasonography and the influence of …

Stillbirths, those with and without birth defects, are an important public health topic. The
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at the Centers for Disease …

Background Various malformations are frequently encountered in spontaneously aborted
embryos and fetuses. Thus, spontaneous abortion appears to be a screening device for …

OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to characterize risk factors associated with
nonanomalous stillborn (SB) infants and to ascribe the probability of fetal survival by …

Stillbirth accounts for about 26,000 deaths annually in the US. In most previous studies,
discrete causes are identified in less than half of all stillbirths. In order to identify causes and …